Today I wanted to talk about Groupon (again). I know you’ve heard me talk about Groupon before but I was reached out to about doing a sponsored post for them. As always all opinions are my own and I would never accept payment in exchange for a good review.

As I said earlier I know I’ve mentioned Groupon more than a few times before on my blog. I did an entire post ranting and raving all about Groupons Coupons once I realized Groupon had coupons! I have been an avid Grouponer well before I ever started my blog, and to be honest since my little girl arrived I’m always checking it for new toys to get her (it’s almost starting to become a problem). An entirely new Groupon world was opened up to me once baby girl arrived. The Groupon world of baby items. It seemed to be all I would look at for most of the past few months.

However I’ve recently started to get back into what drew me into Groupon prior to baby girls arrival, all the local deals. I absolutely love how you can find deals and offers from businesses just down the street – I generally am a fan of supporting local businesses to begin with, but I am an even bigger fan if I can get a discount doing it (after all I am a couponer at heart).

They now have so many options for Health, Beauty, and Wellness Groupons and it can be completely tailored to your location, it’s actually quite cool. They have everything from manicures to massages to restaurants. (I must admit I’ve personally tried all three from local Groupons on more than one occasion and was thrilled each and every time). I actually am constantly checking for a particular restaurant’s Groupons and the second (I literally mean the second!) I see one I will purchase it (it’s a very good restaurant)!

Since many of my posts have been about beauty lately it certainly is worth mentioning all the Savings that Groupon does have to offer in the Beauty sector!

Today I have an unboxing of the Walmart Beauty Box for Spring. I’m not going to lie – I thought this month was a complete flop. The products that I did receive in the box are nice – but I thought the box was below what I expect. Usually a full size product is included in this box or at least a coupon to go and get a free full size product. There was just a bunch of little samples – some of which are just useless for me.

Optic White Tooth Paste: I have A TON of this stuff – many drug stores have sales that can result in getting a full size bottle for free after rewards and coupons. As a result I have a stock pile of it already. The travel size is always nice to have.

Curel Itch Defense Body Wash: After trying this I do like it a lot – It smells nice and leaves you feeling clean. The itch defense does help a little bit – coming into my allergy season I do end up getting itchy at times especially if I’m outside a lot during the day or have a window open.

Jergins Natural Glow: This is a nice lotion but it does leave you feeling a little on the greasy side (if you watch my video you will see the little bit of struggle I have after using it).

Burts Bees BB Cream: this was such a small sample I didn’t really get a good idea with how it would be. It was a little to dark for me too – that didn’t help.

CerVe: I like this a lot. I’ve used it before so I knew I wold like this. It is a great moisturizer and helps me out a lot during the winter when my hands get super dry.

Brilliant Brunette: This isn’t something that I would go out and get myself but I have tried the Blond version of this shampoo and I do like the Blond Version. I haven’t tried that particular shampoo in over a year though so I don’t know if they changed anything to it. When I did use it my hair felt moisturized and soft.

Biore: I like this face wash – I’ve used it before (not currently) but I do have some of it in my stock pile. It smells nice and it does clean your face well. I still had to use a makeup remover before I would wash my face just to make sure to get all of the makeup off.

Overall I was not impressed with this box. I’ve had nice boxes from them before but I was disappointed with not receiving at least one full size product.

You can watch my unboxing video here You will see exactly what I’m talking about with the lotion! Be sure to subscribe to my channel

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As many of you know I’m a long time subscriber of Julep and I just LOVE their polish and make up! I know I’m posting this in May (oops) but this was one of my favorite boxes that I’ve ever received from Julep.

First off if you want to try Julep for yourself head on over here (use code FIRSTBOX with a 3 month subscription to get your first box free).

This month when you added select polishes to your box you were able to receive the white polish for free.

*Yes please*

I am a sucker for deals like that!

The white color is called Brigitte and it is your classic white.

The red/maroon color is called Marissa. I’m not going to lie I thought this was more of a purply color when I added it to my box. It’s a lot darker than I thought it would be. I originally was expecting a spring-type color but to me this looks more like a fall color. I still really like it – it just wasn’t exactly what I had expected.

I’m sure adding a lip product to my box comes as a huge shocker! I just love lip products – especially this particular line of gloss that Julep has! This one is a sheer nude color called Timeless and I just love it! It’s perfect for everyday wear.

The last item I had in my Maven box this month was the don’t leave your brows at home – taupe brow powder. I’m not going to lie to you – I’ve been out of the ‘brow’ makeup game since day 1 so this is one of the first dives into the world of brow makeup for me. On one end of this is a brush and the other end is the powder. So far I’m incredibly happy with this brow powder – I don’t use it every day – but some days I’m honestly in full blown stereotypical mom look mode because the day just gets away from me. But so far I’m quite thrilled with this and I really love how I look when I use it.

You can watch my Unboxing of this box on my YouTube Channel here. Don’t Forget to Subscribe to my channel – I have a lot of fun on there and I love connecting with new people! Plus I am super excited about each and every new subscriber I have!

Apparently I’ve been living in my baby/prep new-mama bubble for too long because Groupon has Coupons! How did I miss this?

As many of you know I’m a BIG fan of using coupons and saving money (kind of what started me blogging in the first place). So I wanted to share with you something that I had no idea even existed until about a week ago. The Groupon Coupons feature. This works in conjunction with the Snap App so you can search for deals or coupons within the app while you are out (which you should definitely do).

There are over 70,000 coupons for over 9,000 stores which can be overwhelming if you are just browsing. However Groupon makes it’s easy – if you are looking for a specific store you can simply search for the store within the coupons tab. If you want to browse for makeup deals, or baby deals, you can simply search through the category. I love this feature. That way if I’m specifically looking for makeup coupons – I don’t have to sift through travel or toy coupons to find them – I can simply go to that category and look from there.

Just this morning I was looking at the Target coupons and there were 78 coupons available! These obviously change as they expire and new ones are added so the number of coupons available at any given time may change but as an avid extreme couponer this is impressive! The great part is that this feature works great for everyone plus the variety of coupons out there cover so many types of categories.

Here are just *some* of the stores you can find – and as you can see there is something for everyone!

That’s just to name a few! This is a great way to save some extra money and it certainly doesn’t hurt to look at this feature before you go shopping at a store! Plus a great way to always stay up on deals is to follow Groupon on twitter and facebook. That’s how I have found some random (but awesome) deals.

This month I completely customized my box and I decided to branch out a bit from the lip and nail items. As many of you know I am a BIG Julep fan and I have been since my first free box! Since that box I have turned into a compleate fanatic and have multiple unboxings on the blog to show for it (along with quite the arsenal of makeup).

I usually stick with the polish and lip products but I decided to walk on the wild side this month and try something called Ctrl-Z Eye Makeup Eraser. (love the name of it)

I will admit I had no idea what to expect with this – but I have their version of this for nail polish and it works like a charm so I wanted to try the makeup version. I was surprised at how well it worked – it certainly worked significantly better than my current method (which is strategically fold a tissue paper and soak it in makeup remover). It made removing an accidental smudge or touching up my eye-liner WAY easier!

This is such a beautiful color and I thought it was perfect for spring! So I have a lot of Julep nail polish (kind of a polish hoarder at times) but I just absolutley had to add this color to the mix. It is called Laree and is a pink color with a hint of golden shimmer. *Perfect*Spring*Color*

Julep also adds a surprise snack each month to the box and this month was Blow Pops – I’m a fan!

So I saved the best for last – I am all about lip products. It’s a problem I have. This is Julep Light on your lips – Strut. It is a beautiful plum cream color and can make for statement lips. A darker lip color can almost never go wrong in my book and this one did not disappoint me.

Overall my favorite item this month was the Lipstick because – like I said – I’m all about lip products.

You can sign up for your own Julep box and receive your first box free with a three month subscription!

I have a true *I*didn’t*know*what*I*was*getting* Unboxing for you. As many of you know by now my little girl made her debut and made it quite the event. However, when she was two weeks old she ended up in the Hospital for a week (blog post to come soon) It was the scariest week of my life because we went into it not knowing what was wrong.

As a result I was ignoring everything that wasn’t helping me figure out what was wrong with my daughter – including updating my Julep box.

*side note my little girl is doing better*

I always customize my Julep maven box – A L W A Y S. Mostly because I’m not a big fan of surprises (although I am debating about signing up for a box that one of my friends recently tried out that you can’t customize like you can with Julep . . . we will see).

Since I was completely preoccupied and on *Intense*Mom*Mode* in the hospital the February Julep box for me was truly a surprise. If I’m being completely honest I totally forgot about it all together until it showed up at my door.

I do have my profile set on the “Classic With A Twist” style profile – so I guess it was customized to a degree in that regard.

I generally like to add a Lip product to my box so I was slightly disappointed that I didn’t get one in the February box. But I was super happy with the nail polish colors.

The color on the right is called “Kay” it is a beautiful taupe color that has a hint of a gold shimmer to it. It looks like it could pair nicely with almost any color outfit.

The color on the left is called “Meghan” it is a fiery red color – the kind of color that every girl should have in her nail polish collection! It’s bold yet at the same time the kind of color that would never go out of style (I guess it’s fitting with the box for Classic with a Twist).

This is part of the Eye-shadow 101 collection on Julep. The color is called “Warm Gold Shimmer”. This is a cream to powder eye-shadow stick that has a smudger on the end of it. If I’m being honest this isn’t something I would have added to my box on my own – but I do really like the color. The color is absolutely a color that I would’ve chosen myself – I just generally like my eye-shadows in a pallet form.

When I opened this originally the eye-shadow itself fell out of the stick – so I was less than enthused about it. However I was quickly able to fix it and now it works great (which surprised me).

Overall I was happy with the box even though I wasn’t able to customize it. I’m not sure that I would add the Eye-shadow stick to the box again but since I did receive it I can’t complain because it is a beautiful color.

You can still get your first Julep box for free when you get a 3-month subscription with code “FIRSTBOX”

I love it when I am able to receive a VoxBox from Influenster to try out a new product and when I received the e-mail that I was selected fro the Vaseline VoxBox I was excited as always!

For those of you who don’t know Influenster is a website that sends you samples in VoxBoxes for you to try FOR FREE! The entire point of the program is to test out the product and let others know what you thought.

The cool part about Influenster is that you don’t have to be a blogger or YouTuber to sign up and get boxes. Granted it does help when it comes to your ‘influence’ score after you link your social accounts – but it isn’t necessary to be chosen for a box. From what I gathered companies look for certain demographics to send their product to for review purposes and that plays a lot into if you will get a box or not (along with the influence score). If you are interested you can sign up here!

This is the 3rd VoxBox I’ve received since signing up not even a year ago (it will be one year in May). I’ve received the Bella VoxBox and the Pampers VoxBox before this one.

Now onto what I thought of the Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion. Overall I was quite happy with it. I always have been a fan of Vaseline products although I will admit I had never tried the lotion before.

Ever since the arrival of my Baby Girl I tend to fall into the category of the “hand sanitizer mom” and I do it proudly. My little girl had a rough start and ended up in the hospital at two weeks old for an entire week (blog post to come on that) so I am shamelessly overprotective about germs. As a result my hands have become *super* dry because I’m always washing my hands or using hand sanitizer.

That’s why I am so happy I received this VoxBox – because this lotion is great! I am so happy it is unscented first off – because I wouldn’t have used it otherwise (don’t want my baby girl to have a ton of random scents around her – especially while we are sorting out an allergy issue.) The lotion itself was surprisingly hydrating and it didn’t leave you feeling greasy – which is a pet peeve of mine when it comes to lotions!

Overall I was quite happy with the lotion and I will certainly be using it again (and keeping an eye out for coupons on it!)

I am a *somewhat* long-time subscriber to Julep (almost a year). They reeled me in with the free first box and I fell in love! Because of that I have tried their mystery box on more than one occasion and have an entire arsenal of makeup items that I just love.

The great part is that you can still get a free Maven Box Yourself (just pay shipping – which is more than worth it!) with a subscription with code “BOXLOVE”

Jumping right into what I selected for this box!

For those of you who don’t know I’m a HUGE lip gloss addict. This by far my favorite item that Julep has – the entire line of this particular kind of lipgloss. They smell amazing and they look great on too! The colors here are Awestruck and Splendid.

Awestruck is the top gloss that is a golden blush color with a hint of shimmer that is perfect for everyday wear. This particular gloss is general in my purse (or now I should say diaper bag) almost always.

Splendid is the bottom gloss that is a darker rose color. I think this is a great color that can match nearly any outfit. It is one of those colors that you can’t go wrong with – almost a timeless look. I usually put this on if I plan on going somewhere – even if it’s just for a lunch with friends.

The last item I selected for my Julep Box was the No Limits Hydrating Cream. It took me a bit to figure out how to work it – not going to lie. Once I figured out you push the large button (I wasn’t paying attention to the sticker that was on it – at the time I had a sever case of pregnancy brain) I fell in love. You push the button and the cream comes out of the small circle directly above the button – wasn’t what I was anticipating but I really like it.

The cream itself is wonderful. I absolutely love it – it honestly is super hydrating. Since my baby girl has been home I have become the hand sanitizer mom – as a result my hands were always super dry. Then I started using this and it has helped tremendously. It is a thicker cream and not a lotion so it does have that thicker feel to it but it was exactly what I needed.

If you watch my YouTube Channel you probably know that I receive the Walmart Beauty Box. For those of you who don’t know what it is it’s just a box of samples that come out every season and can be automatically shipped to you. It only cost $5.00 total per box so it’s a fun beauty box that doesn’t break the bank.

This is what I received in the Winter Box for 2015/2016. I like these boxes because you can end up with a decent amount of the sample/travel sized items – I’ve even received coupons for free full size products before (not in this box though).

1. Pure Silk Shaving Gel: So if I’m being honest – i’m one of those people who don’t use a lot of shaving gel – and I coupon and stockpile so I do have a lot of it already but this is the perfect size to take on a trip.

2. Dial Orange Lotion: This smells *AMAZING* – it really really does I’m a fan of fruity smells over the floral ones (those tend to mess with my allergies at times). If there is ever a great coupon deal on this item I plan on stocking up I like it so much!

3. Neutrogena face wash: So I like this face wash – I was just super bummed because I had already received the exact same face wash a couple beauty boxes ago.

4. Pantene Hair spray: I’m a big hair spray user – my hair doesn’t hold a curl to well without a ton of it so I always am excited to try a new hairspray.

5. nspa coconut body butter: I had never heard of this brand before and this body butter was really nice – I was very happy with it. With it being so cold in the winter I cannot stand my hands feeling dry (and they even crack sometimes – not fun) so this is the perfect size to throw in my purse and use.

6. Shampoo & Conditioner Sample: This looks like a fancy brand but I’ve never tried it before so I will have to keep you updated on what I thought of it once I do try it out.

7. Centrum Vitamints: Honestly I don’t know what to think of a vitamin mint – I just don’t – it doesn’t sound super appealing to me personally but at the same time I’m somewhat intrigued with what it taste like.

8. Goody No slip Hait ties: These look like some intense hair ties – they have little grippers coming off of them to help with the no-slip aspect of it.

I have a very exciting post today! If any of you follow my Facebook, Twitter or Instagram page (which you most certainly should!) you know that I was reached out to by Pinkblush Maternity to feature some of their items on the blog. I had never actually heard of the maternity boutique before but after looking at their site I fell in love with their designs. I was able to select three different items that I wanted to feature here for all of you as well as host a giveaway for a $75.00 gift card. The exciting part is that PinkBlush has both a Maternity Clothing line as well as a line for women who are not pregnant!

So you don’t have to be pregnant to enter the giveaway!

I will start by saying I wasn’t entirely sure about the whole ‘online shopping for maternity clothes’ idea mostly because I am picky with how I like things to fit and feel at the moment. Another concern of mine was that at the time they reached out to me I only had a couple weeks left before my due date – so I was more interested in nursing items than maternity items.

After I looked at their website I saw a ton of different items that could double for both maternity and nursing after the baby arrived. I absolutely loved this because if I can get a cute maternity dress that will work for me both while I’m pregnant as well as after while I’m nursing – it will end up saving me some money overall.

Once I looked at the PinkBlush website I found it *quite* difficult to narrow it down to three items because I absolutely LOVED all of their clothes. . . but I did end up narrowing it down to three items.

It is beyond comfortable! I ordered it in a size large (because it’s a robe and I figured I can always just tie it to make it smaller). I absolutely love the pink design and I wear it nearly every morning now. This is something that I will be bringing to the hospital with me when I deliver – just so I can wear something comfortable (other than a hospital gown) while I’m walking the halls.

I just think the design is such a beautiful print for a dress in general (maternity or not). Keep in mind I am 39 weeks pregnant in these pictures – I did go with a size medium for this dress and it couldn’t have fit better if I wanted it to. I was so happy considering my initial concern about online maternity shopping.

The top is perfect for nursing because of how the neckline is designed. So this will be a dress that I can wear once Baby Girl is here. The material was so nice as well. I’m not sure about all the other expecting moms out there – but I tend to run hot anymore (which is SOO abnormal for me) but this material is breathable and I didn’t feel like I was going to overheat (that was a previous problem I did have with some clothes).

The other thing I was concerned about was the length of the dress – with how far out I was staring to go I wasn’t sure if it would be way too short for me – but I thought it was perfect.

I absolutley *loved* the color and print of this dress! I just thought it was a beautiful dress! My thought process behind this dress was that it would be something perfect for spring/summer while I was nursing. The material is the same kind of soft breathable material as the shorter dress above – so if your a mama-to-be like me who seems to be running on the hot hope-I-don’t-overheat-side this is perfect for you!

As you can see from this picture the top is perfect for nursing after baby arrives – like I said earlier – this was a must have in my book.

I ended up with a size medium in this dress as well and I was happy with how well it fit given I was only a week from my due date. I used their sizing chart they have online and from my experience it was quite accurate.

In all honesty I wish I had heard of Pinkblush Maternity sooner! I would have used one of their dresses at my baby shower or for any of the other events I had going on (my sister was getting married and I had a few other weddings & showers to attend during the pregnancy). I would *HIGHLY* recommend them.

Now for the fun part the $75.00 Gift Card Giveaway!

Like I said earlier – this gift card can be used both at PinkBlush Maternity as well as PinkBlush! So you do not have to be expecting to be able to use the gift card!

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